Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-04

" s!ck-again. What! vii
you never be tired again ?" ''Never-
tired-again. "What. will you neve
weep again % d" Never-weep-sg ,
"Whst, viii you never die again p
/ er-die-again." On, We army O
departed kindred, we hail you from banl
20 bank Wait for US when the Jordan
Of death shall part tor US. Come dow
and meet US bait way between the will
lowed banks of earth and the palm groves
of heaven.
on Jordan's stormy banks stand,
| And cast wiStful eye
To Csnaan's fair and happy land,
Whe e my possessions lie.
., the transp ring, rapturOus scene
Tha' riseeon my sig T.
Sweet fei sarray ed In living green.
And ffscHs of delight.
! But there is one step still IN advance
! suggested by this subject. II this religion
of Christ is SO important in life ard So
important in the last hours of life, hos
much mcre important it will !be in tls
great eternity. | need no: stand mere ant
argue it. There is something within
yoHr souls that says now, While | speak
Lam immOrtsl; the stars sail die, ia,
Ipm immortal" You feel that your *
iistence on earth is only small piece o!
f3ouT being. 1t is only ssfnIle up to the
graz but it is 10000 mites beyondH The
tsia Wi theSt3mb is onlysfhe milestone or
FHhfeh wss read of Finfnite distance
yet to be travelled. The WORLD
itself Will grow old and die. The stars
Of our night will burn down ia their sock,
cts and expire. The sun, like a spark
struck from an anvil, will htsh and 90
out. The winds will utter their l4st
whisper, and ocean heaye It's last grOan
but you and will live forever, Gigantic
immortal. Mighty to suffer or enjoy.
Mighty 10 love or hate. Mighty to soar
or t. SILK. Then, what will be to US the
sore, the shop, tue office, the applause Of
the World, the scorn of our enemies, the
things that lifted US up, and the things
that pressed US down? What to John
Wesley are ell the mobs that howled afier
him? What to Voltaire are all the nations
that applauded him? What to Paul now,
the dungeons that chilled him? What to
Latimec now, the flames that con-
sumed him? All those who
through the grace of Christ reach
that land will never be disturbed.
none to dispute their throne, they shall
reign forever ard ever. But, alas, for
those who have made no preparation fer
the future! When the sharp-shod hoofs
of eternal disaster come up painting and
swift 10 go over them, how will they con-
tend with horses? And when the waves
of their wretChedness rise up, white and
foamy, under the swooping OF eternal
storms, and the pillows become more
wrathful and dash more high, Oh, what
will they do "amid the swelling Of Jor-
dan"
II could come into your heart this
moment, | would see thst many of you,
my dear friends, had vowed to be the
Lords. | know not what sickness it
was, or what trial; but | verify believe
there is rot man in the house bat has
sometime vowed he would be the LORDS.
Il might have been at the time when
your child Law sick, you said, so Lord,
II thou wilt let this child & well, l will
be a Christian" Or it might have
been in some business trouble,
when you said, go Lord, If
Thou wilt let me keep my property, |
will De a Christian You kept your
property, your child got well, the peril
passed. Are you a CHRISTIAN! History
says that long ago it had been announced
that the world was coming to an end, and
there was great excitement in London.
1t was said that the world would perish
on certatn Friday. On Tuesday, WedDes-
day. Thursday and Friday the people were
in the cathedral, praying and weeping. 1t
seemed as if the whole English nation
WsS being converted to God, for it was
announced as certain by philosophers
that on the coming Friday the world
would perish. Friday came, ard there
we're no portents, DO fires in the air, no
earthquakes. The dSy passed along just
like every other day, and when it was past
in London there was scene
ness, and debauchery, such as had
never been witnessed. They forgot their
VOW, they forgot their repentance, they
forgot their good resolutions. Oh, how
much human nature in that, While trials
and mIsfortunes come to us, and we sre
down deep in darkness and trouble we
make vows. We say: "Oh Lord, do so,and
will do So" The darkness passes, the
peril goes away. We are as we were be-
fore, or worse; for oh, how often l have
seen men start for the Kingdom of God,
come up to within arms reach of il, and
then go back farther from God than they
ever were before, dropping from the very
moment of their privilege into darkness
forever oh, how ungrateful We have
been! Do you know how much God HIS
done for you and for me? Have you
never feltii How much He did for you
to-day? VINO spread the table for you?
Who watched you last night: Who has
been kind and good 10 ynu all your life
longi Oh. how upgrateful We have been,
MetniDks the goodness of God ought to
lead this whole audience to repentance.
| know not your individual history. Some
OF you never saw before, some of you
will never see again: but l know that
G d has been good to you. Wrat return
have You made? There was steamer on
one Of the western lakes heavily
laden with passengers, and there was
3 little child who stood on the
side Of the taffrail, leaning over and
watching the water. when she lost ner
balance and dropped into the waves. The
lake was very rough. The mother cried:
''Save my child. Save my child" There
seemed none disposed to leap into the
water. There was a Newfoundland dog
Oh deck. He looked up in his masters
iSSS. as IL iOI Olucls. Ills LiaStcl cGlu : I
fray, overheard, catch 'em." The dog /
sprang into the water, caught the child by |
the garments, and swan back to
The steamer. The child was picked |
up by loving hands, the cog was lifted on
deck, and the mother, ere she tainted |
away in utter thanksgiving to that dog, |
threw her arms around its neck and kissed |
{; but the dog shook himself of from